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Moi university has been at the eye of the storm for the better part of the year, with its top administrative unit finding itself entangled in a multi-billion corruption probe AND industrial action by staff leading to paralysis in Kenya’s second oldest public university. Laura Otieno takes stock of the rise and fall of Moi university, and what lies ahead for the institution that has given rise to ten other public universities across the country.
The fall and fall of Moi University
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